Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 07

ツバサ - RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE] #7

by Clamp

SYAORAN OVERMATCHED?!

Young Syaoran and his friends are on a quest to retrieve the magically potent feather-shaped shards of Princess Sakura’s memory. The search has led them to the country of Ôto, a world with the romantic feel of Japan in the early 1900s. However, another dimension traveler has shown up as well–the immensely powerful Seishirô, who first trained Syaoran. Now he and Syaoran are mortal enemies! Seishirô’s first objective is to kill Fai, beloved wizard and one of Syaoran’s closest companions. Does Syaoran, who is just beginning his training, have any hope of surviving their inevitable battle?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, Adventure, Comics Manga

194 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2004

About the author

Ōkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]

Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]

Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]

Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]


CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.

In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.

In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.

Reviews

[Ray Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Por fin tenemos la conclusión del arco del Reino de Outo! Realmente la gran mayoría de enfoque es en la pelea contra Seishiro, y aunque éste resulta no ser lo que pensaban, sí se dispone a combatir a quien quiera cruzarse en su camino, sea inocente o no.

De hecho, gracias a que este viajero es poseedor de una pluma de Sakura, el Reino de Outo se encuentra en peligro. El balance se pierde y entonces, todos se dan cuenta de que se hallaban dentro de un juego de realidad virtual. Nuestro grupito llegó a un parque de diversiones, perteneciente al Reino de Edonis, y aquí los encargados, con tal de brindarles la mejor experiencia en el juego, borraron sus memorias.

Desafortunadamente, el poder de Seishiro provoca el caos en Edonis, y Syaoran se verá obligado a luchar contra él, aún si no tiene probabilidades de ganar.

Ahora bien, este volumen, como podrán darse cuenta, tiene un par de giros que te hacen devorar los capítulos, y para la gente que se queja de las escenas de acción, creo que les hace falta leer más manga (sobre todo de shonen y seinen). Las CLAMP tienen un estilo único, no sólo hablando de la estética de sus personajes o de la ropa que usan, sino que, en sus historias, siempre encuentro el balance entre acción, romance, drama, comedia, y desarrollo de personajes y de ambiente.

Ciertamente son unas autoras que han logrado lo que pocos, y eso es juntar todas sus historias en un crossover masivo en el que los personajes, de una u otra forma, interactúan sin perder la esencia original.

Sin embargo, sí debo admitir que este volumen tiene un final abrupto, todo a causa de que Seishiro también viaja a través de los mundos, con el único propósito de encontrar a unos vampiros gemelos. Así que, antes de que haya un ganador en tan intensa batalla, nuestro grupo apenas y tiene oportunidad de despedirse pues Mokona, sin explicación alguna, los traslada a otro mundo.

¿Qué irá a pasar después?

Este volumen contiene los capítulos 43 al 49.

REVIEWS ANTERIORES:
Volumen 1 | Volumen 2 | Volumen 3 | Volumen 4 | Volumen 5 | Volumen 6

[Nərmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

How long have It been since I have started to this volume! I didn't got time to continue and I missed reading manga.
So, I have three problems with this one: 1.I confuse some characters. They look so alike. Like the king and now Seishiro... 2.I have problems to grasp fighting scenes. Some are very exaggerated too. 3. Sakura spends her time mostly sleeping. I would like her to be more active.
Admittedly, that plot twist was interesting. And I am afraid I saw a big spoiler somewhere and I know some twists ahead. So sad for this but I can't keep my eyes off spoilers! They are so attracting!

[el · Rating 3 out of 5]

“We’ll meet again, right?”

“I don’t know … but … don’t ever give up. Get stronger.

Much stronger.”

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[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

THERE ARE SHADOWS OF WHAT'S TO COME AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

[Pink · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had more fight scenes in it, which I don't really enjoy - especially in manga, but the concept of this world was interesting.

[Chivitouille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pues bien, la historia se sigue desarrollando en el país Outo. Aunque al ser la conclusión de esta parte del viaje, llega un momento en el que todo sucede muy rápido.
Por fin el personaje inesperado que hizo su aparición, hace su movimiento y se enfrenta a ellos, por lo visto les va acarrear bastante problemas durante su viaje y sin duda Syaoran tendrá que mejorar para derrotarlo.
El giro que toma la historia puede haber sido un poco obvia en el sentido de que no podía terminar así como así con ciertos enfrentamientos, pero a pesar de esto el resultado me ha gustado, le da un toque diferente y más elementos para hacer más creativa la historia.
Poco a poco nos van contando pequeñas cosas de Fye pero aún sin revelarnos mucho.
En cuanto a Kurogane, por fin lo vemos hacer uso de su habilidad con la espada y demuestra ser un oponente muy fuerte para enfrentarse al personaje inesperado. Me ha gustado mucho que tanto él como Syaoran tengan espadas, que además de ser acordes con sus personalidades también son un guiño a la serie X de las CLAMP.
Me emocione mucho al saber a quienes esta buscando el personaje inesperado, no podían ser otras personas más que "ellos", estoy segura que cuando hagan su aparición será un momento genial.
Con final algo abrupto pero lleno de acción y emoción, sin duda la historia esta mejorando con cada tomo, estoy ansiosa por saber que más sucederá y el momento en el que se relacione más abiertamente con Holic.
Muy recomendable.

[Izlinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The facedown between Fai and Seishiro was awesome. As well as Kurogane and Seishiro's.

The foreshadowing was well done as to what was behind the Oni's weird behavior. Don't wanna give spoilers, but it was a not-so surprising twist.

[Pflanzis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein weiterer Band, der in Kirschblütenland aka Oto spielt. Ich mochte die Auftritte der Nebencharaktere aus der Chobits-Reihe.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for complete series



Tsubasa is in a way a love letter to all of CLAMP's other works. I went into this having read almost all - definitely all relevant - series by CLAMP, so I can't say for sure, but I think this series is only half as fun if you haven't read the other works (preferably all). If you enjoy Easter Eggs and cameos, Tsubasa is an absolute treat.

For the longest time, Tsubasa was the longest manga series I owned; anything beyond 10 volumes makes me think twice as I find that most lengthy series just drag unnecessarily. However, it was impossible for me to say no to Tsubasa, Sakura and Syaoran from Cardcaptor Sakura have been long-time favourite manga characters of mine, not to mention that I am generally very fond of CLAMP and all their big and small crossovers. Reading a story that combines almost their entire bibliography and with Sakura and Syaoran as the main characters was too good to say no to. It should also be mentioned that this series is heavily interwoven with xxxHolic's plot and should best be read alongside each other.

This Syaoran and Sakura are not the same from Cardcaptor Sakura (although the original Sakura makes a cameo). In essence, this is a story about travelling between dimensions - the same person can exist in different versions of themselves in different universes. Sakura and Syaoran travel between the different worlds - all very different - and meet characters and elements from all across CLAMP's other works. In fact, some characters appear more than once to highlight how the same being can exist and lead a different life in different worlds. It's really fun to see the characters from other stories living different lives, some are funny and some are bittersweet. CLAMP has killed off a fair amount of its characters in other works so it's nice to see some of them leading happier and peaceful lives.

In addition to meeting a whole lot of known characters, there are also a couple of Tsubasa original characters such as Fay and Kurogane who accompany Sakura and Syaoran on their travels. I've grown to love Fay and Kurogane almost as much as I love the other two - so while Tsubasa is very much a homage to other CLAMP works, it's also a very character-driven story with both Fay and Kurogane having intricate and deep personalities. I also have to express my apologies to Kurogane - I always expected not to like him because I'm not very fond of brawns-over-brains type of characters, but I was very wrong about him; great character, smart as well a strong and just a really great guy.

Being a work of CLAMP, it's almost needless to say that the art is beautiful. That being said, this is more of a shounen-esque series which also shows in the art with the somewhat oddly length limbs and a greater focus on action, weapons and muscles. I prefer shoujo art, but the facial art is much the same as other CLAMP works so I can absolutely live with that.

A downside of Tsubasa is plain and simple that it gets confusing. There are time skips, world switching, doubles across different series (xxxHolic) and rather vague motivations from the villain's side. At some point, I just decided to go with the flow rather than trying to make sense of every detail. There's a bit of a loose end, though I wouldn't exactly call it a band ending either. Now that they are working on a sequel, it'll be interesting to see where things will lead to next.

Either way, an absolute gem if you like CLAMP and crossovers, and Sakura, Syaoran, Fay and Kurogane are just a great team of characters - to be fair, Mokona is as much part of the team and deserves a mention too. Finally, I just love these characters.

[Mads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is just a blast so far, so I'm going to write this review quickly before I move on to the next volume. We get a little bit a character development from Sakura - carrying over from the previous volume - which was sorely needed, as we've been gleaning most of her personality from flashbacks up until this point. The payoff for the mystery in Otou country was great, and it reminds of why I like the world-hopping theme of this series in the first place. I hope CLAMP can keep my excitement going each time our heroes enter a new world.
The action is paced much better than in previous volumes, and the cluttered panels have become a lot more spacious and less confusing. Seishirou in particular is a great villain, his kind appearance offsetting his horrible actions. I would rather not spoil the ending of his fight, but suffice to say I enjoyed how we didn't get a conclusion that tied up everything in a neat little bow. We've got a real, honest-to-god subplot!
I'm very excited to read the next volume, so I'll end it here. I'm recommending this series as far as this volume, and I don't think it'll change for a while.

[Mariana Arguello Galvez · Rating 5 out of 5]

* RESUMEN EXPRESS CON SPOILER*
- Syaoran y Kurogane van de caza con la intención de encontrar información de Seiishirou. Mientras tanto Seiishirou llega a la cafetería y con los Kiji ataca a Fye. Cuando Syaoran y Kurogane regresan, se enteran que Fye desapareció.
- Seiishirou y Syaoran se enfrentan, y Syaoran aparentemente muere, Syaoran despierta para encontrar que el mundo en donde cazaba Kijis es una realidad virtual que está en el país de Edonis, en que los jugadores principiantes les borran sus recuerdos. Pero desde que Seiishirou llegó, la naturaleza del mundo cambio materializando a los Kijis en Edonis, ya que se encuentra en posesión de una pluma de Sakura.
- Todos los jugadores reaparecen en Edonis, Kurogane pelea con Seiishirou, pero ambos son interrumpidos por Oruha,director del juego. Seishirou pide la información sobre los vampiros, a los que ha estado buscando. Pero ella afirma que no hay nadie con el nombre que él dice. Seishirou abandona el mundo. y el grupo también se transporta ya que no hay ninguna pluma de Sakura.

[Josh 谢翊杰 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I have now finally caught up to where I fid she'd reading up to last time I started reading the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles series. Being reminded just how awesome it is! Still holds up! The actions scenes never fail to impress. Plot twists at an all-time high.

Can't believe Syaoran's martial arts teacher is reeking havoc in other worlds with one of Sakura's feathers in search for a way to gain immortality. Vampire twins? Sounds awesome, I hope we run into them at some point. Syaoran is so cool, knowing that he's not ready, but desperate and determined enough to unsheath his sword to try to retrieve a feather.

[Lourdes Fierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

El peligro acecha en cada esquina. Los demonios no miden a la hora de atacar, ya no tienen limitaciones como antes gracias a ese demonio especial. Fye se queda al cuidado de Sakura mientras que Xiaolang y Kurogane buscan respuestas. ¿Qué está pasando en la ciudad de Oto?

Los ciudadanos no saben dónde huir, buscan la protección de los cazadores, pero éstos están abrumados y sobrepasados por la cantidad y la dificultad que nunca habían experimentado.

¿Será todo esto una consecuencia del poder de la pluma de Sakura? Sea lo que sea, Xiaolang está dispuesto a encontrar una solución y salvar la ciudad de todo el caos.

[S.M.M. Lindström · Rating 5 out of 5]

With oni acting strange and Syaoran's old mentor involved somehow, the group need to figure out what's gone wrong in this world. Also, where in the world (pun intended) could Sakura's next feather be? Mokona can sort of sense it, but it's both there and not there. Very strange.

The mysteries keep on piling up! I'm very curious to find out what Syaoran's forgotten past is all about and what the true motives of the villain behind the scenes is (and why the time-and-space witch has chosen to work against him). On to the next volume!

[Jenny Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still loving this series! The fight scenes in this one can be a tad hard to follow, as there are lots of action lines and such, but it's not too hard. The art style is nice and crisp, reminds me of Clamp's Chobits style.
Also, finally a book ended right as they left a world! I get they can't always do a world a book since it goes by pages and chapters, but still, it makes it easier to take a break if it ends like this one did.
This series is just getting warmed up!

[Gisela Do Nascimiento Do · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reseña tomo 7.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐨
1   2   3   4   ➎

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚
1  2  ➌ 4  5

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚
1  2  3  4  ➎

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬
1  2  3  4  ➎

𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚
1  2  3  4  ➎

𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭
1  2  ➌  4  5

𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝
1  2 ➌ 4  5

𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐣𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐨
1  2  ➌ 4  5

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥
1  2  3  4  ➎

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨
Un tomo que sigue el mundo en el que se encontraban en el anterior, con algún giro inesperado, con emoción y sobretodo con un final que me ha emocionado (porque sí, soy muy sensible).

[Harumichi Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aku jadi pingin baca ulang Chobits pas lihat Chitose muncul sebagai project leader Game Negeri Oto. Tapi Chobits tuh genre-nya ecchii dan sekarang udah mau masuk awal Ramadhan. Hmmmmmm tahaaaan. Apa baca wiki page-nya aja ya? Aaarrggghhhhh! Godaan ini!

Dulu pas baca ini pertama kali aku kaget waktu tahu bahwa Negeri Oto ternyata adalah virtual reality dalam game di Negeri Edonis. Padahal, kan tanda-tandanya udah obvious banget, ya. Ahaha.

[Pedro Ángel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, este mundo si estuvo pesado, todo el ambiente alrededor de Seishiro y Syaoran.

Esperemos a ver que pasa, increible que Sakura se perdio todo el despapaye por andar durmiendo. La amistad que formo Syaoran en este mundo fue genial, esperemos se vuelvan a reencontrar en un futuro.

Puntos por ser la primera piedra en el viaje de encontrar las plumas.

[Kirsten Simkiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest, this volume was pretty fun to read. I wish the minor characters were recurring, but I know it's not quite as possible in this story. I liked the concept and the throwback to the Angelic Layer series, which I loved.

[Julieta Ochoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

En este tomo la historia nos presenta al primer antagonista de una manera más explícita. Además de que abre la posibilidad de que dentro de los mundos se pueda encontrar un submundo, lo que empieza a volver la historia más tergiversada pero al mismo tiempo interesante y atrapante.

[Joana Bookneeders · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn't expected... This book actually managed to trick me, the quest to recover Sakura's memories as been so smooth so far and yet... This book happens.
I really liked this world and how it unfolded. It was definitely surprising!

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best volume and best world we’ve visited so far. Two twists keep us engaged and a lot of action packed fights with fantastic art to keep us entranced. I do not remember where the story goes after this, around this time I stopped watching, or it stopped airing, new episodes. Volume 8 here I come

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally don't live the battle scenes as they can become a bit confusing but they were genuinely so beautiful this time?

So many good moments, really warming up to many of these characters and the ending was so touching. Very excited for the next volume!

[Shaoroun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rereading this i'm seeing all the foreshadowing i missed the first time round

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow what a crazy end to this volume can't wait to start the next one.

[Michael Schmid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es war einfach perfekt! "___" Seishirou ist als Antagonist mega und auch die ganze Story um ihn war einfach mega und ich liebe die Reihe einfach xD xD xD

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome volume!! Really love these characters and the events that go on. I need to read xxxholic after this one!!

[Amber Namik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Huh?

[Mosley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the journey that Tsubasa takes you on. Great story, great characters.

[Maledictus Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gracias por hacerme sufrir momentáneamente por Fay